SSE PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of SSE plc was held at the Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth PH1 5HZ on Thursday, 18 July 2024 at 12.30pm. All 24 Resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, were passed by shareholders on a poll. The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:
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| RESOLUTION | VOTES | % | VOTES | % | VOTES | % of ISC VOTED | VOTES |
| 1. | Receive the Report and Accounts 2024 | 779,974,753 | 99.42 | 4,530,860 | 0.58 | 784,505,613 | 71.74% | 510,367 |
| 2. | Approve the Remuneration Report 2024 | 768,728,485 | 97.97 | 15,943,530 | 2.03 | 784,672,015 | 71.76% | 343,964 |
| 3. | Declare a final dividend | 783,949,107 | 99.89 | 883,279 | 0.11 | 784,832,386 | 71.77% | 179,788 |
| 4. | Re-elect Elish Angiolini | 767,691,863 | 97.83 | 17,035,595 | 2.17 | 784,727,458 | 71.77% | 286,623 |
| 5. | Re-elect John Bason | 769,961,630 | 98.12 | 14,751,880 | 1.88 | 784,713,510 | 71.76% | 300,641 |
| 6. | Re-elect Tony Cocker | 767,785,830 | 97.84 | 16,934,436 | 2.16 | 784,720,266 | 71.76% | 294,393 |
| 7. | Re-elect Debbie Crosbie | 768,732,819 | 97.97 | 15,908,414 | 2.03 | 784,641,233 | 71.76% | 373,426 |
| 8. | Re-elect Helen Mahy | 767,667,146 | 97.83 | 17,046,806 | 2.17 | 784,713,952 | 71.76% | 300,140 |
| 9. | Re-elect Sir John Manzoni | 755,783,930 | 96.31 | 28,983,516 | 3.69 | 784,767,446 | 71.77% | 246,307 |
| 10. | Elect Barry O'Regan | 784,104,466 | 99.92 | 626,993 | 0.08 | 784,731,459 | 71.77% | 282,633 |
| 11. | Re-elect Alistair Phillips-Davies | 783,548,602 | 99.85 | 1,198,140 | 0.15 | 784,746,742 | 71.77% | 267,350 |
| 12. | Re-elect Martin Pibworth | 781,717,933 | 99.62 | 3,019,505 | 0.38 | 784,737,438 | 71.77% | 276,653 |
| 13. | Re-elect Melanie Smith | 765,554,853 | 97.56 | 19,168,654 | 2.44 | 784,723,507 | 71.76% | 290,485 |
| 14. | Re-elect Angela Strank | 767,686,736 | 97.83 | 17,050,544 | 2.17 | 784,737,280 | 71.77% | 276,712 |
| 15. | Elect Maarten Wetselaar | 784,346,634 | 99.97 | 272,824 | 0.03 | 784,619,458 | 71.76% | 394,634 |
| 16. | Re-appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor | 780,944,427 | 99.52 | 3,766,944 | 0.48 | 784,711,371 | 71.76% | 302,721 |
| 17. | Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration | 784,454,991 | 99.97 | 273,388 | 0.03 | 784,728,379 | 71.77% | 285,684 |
| 18. | Receive the Net Zero Transition Report 2024 | 753,810,019 | 98.20 | 13,827,271 | 1.80 | 767,637,290 | 70.20% | 17,376,338 |
| 19. | Authorise the Directors to allot shares | 746,046,677 | 95.07 | 38,690,208 | 4.93 | 784,736,885 | 71.77% | 276,639 |
| 20. | Authorise renewal of Scrip Dividend Scheme | 780,788,996 | 99.50 | 3,950,966 | 0.50 | 784,739,962 | 71.77% | 261,644 |
| 21. | Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: general | 690,344,287 | 87.99 | 94,239,925 | 12.01 | 784,584,212 | 71.75% | 418,287 |
| 22. | Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: specific | 653,860,009 | 83.34 | 130,735,877 | 16.66 | 784,595,886 | 71.75% | 406,262 |
| 23. | Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares | 780,345,352 | 99.45 | 4,330,991 | 0.55 | 784,676,343 | 71.76% | 326,155 |
| 24. | Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings | 742,238,968 | 94.61 | 42,306,583 | 5.39 | 784,545,551 | 71.75% | 448,943 |
A copy of the resolutions put to shareholders at the AGM (concerning items other than ordinary business) has been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) by accessing the following link:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9984W_1-2024-7-18.pdf
Notes:
1. A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
2. There are 1,096,240,818 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 18 July 2024. This figure includes 2,774,092 ordinary shares which are held in treasury. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held. The voting rights on treasury shares are automatically suspended. The total number of voting rights in the Company was 1,093,466,726 as at 18 July 2024.
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